Battening Down the Hatches

Ever so slowly — and reluctantly — I am getting the Casita ready for her long winter sleep. Between rains, we got her washed and waxed.

I’m vacuuming, cleaning and organizing the interior. I had planned to take everything out, but have decided to leave some things in it in the event of severe weather warnings or other disaster.

All the dishes we need, and none we don't need. 2 plates, 2 bowls, 2 cups, coffee press, plastic bowl for leftovers and two drinking glasses. When we are camping, we add disposable plates, bowls and cups and a couple more leftover containers.

Mainly I am taking out things that would be damaged by freezing, and leaving essential clothes, underwear, dishes and towels, etc. in it. That way if we needed to evacuate, we could just grab food and toiletries and run.

Also I’m working on implementing a few New Year’s resolutions. One is to work two vegan meals a week into our dinner menus, and the other is to do one hour of physical activity each day that elevates my pulse and makes me sweat.

We use hand towels to dry off after showers, as there's no room for full size towels. I usually carry 10 hand towels and 10 wash cloths.

So far I’m doing okay on the physical activity.

I fixed black beans with garlic, onion and shredded carrots over Himalayan rice last night. We enjoyed it. But later I sneaked back into the kitchen for a snack of crackers and cheese, so that resolution needs a little fine tuning. 🙂

I got my partially finished doily out to work on this week and realized that I don’t like doilies and I don’t want to waste the time finishing it… at least for now.

The type of tatting I enjoy are small motifs that I can finish in an evening or two. I love decorating hand made greeting cards with them. One of my blog readers, Kathy N., has a little 4′ Christmas tree decorated with tatted ornaments and lights. That idea really appeals to me, so along with the small tatted gifts and cards I make this year, I will plan to do some Christmas ornaments, too.

Monday night it’s supposed to get down to 20 F here, so I will have to have the Casita winterizing finished by then.

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I leave things in Mom’s Little Run Away and in the Tin Can Cabin too. In the Tin Can Cabin I put all freeze things in a bucket or in the Kitchen sinks just in case they crack. The MH is right here in the driveway and I don’t worry much about freezing.
Hope you don’t have to much trouble with the freeze.